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So the first round of the HIPAA compliance audit program is underway. Howard Anderson, writing in HealthcareInfoSecurity.com, has a great post on what's going on:
– 20 organizations will be hosting auditors from KPMG in the next few weeks, followed by another 130 organizations in the second phase of the audits later this year.
– The focus this year is on covered entities, not on their business associates.
– OCR is not just going after the big fish. OCR is auditing "eight health plans, two claims clearinghouses plus 10 provider organizations, including three hospitals, three physicians' offices, and a laboratory, a dental office, a nursing/custodial facility and a pharmacy."
– Adam Greene, the blogger who broke this news first on his blog has some interesting details about the organizations. It seems as if 6 of the 20 organizations chosen for the first audit are Level 4 entities, meaning "Small providers and community pharmacies with less than $50 million in revenue and/or assets." This translates to 30% of the initial list.
– Notifications were sent to organizations on the 1st of December. Auditors are going out for field visits expected to last between 3-10 business days.
Having been in charge of Sarbanes Oxley audits at my last place of work, I know first hand what a flurry external audits can cause in any organization. I can only empathize with the first few organizations chosen. However, I also find OCR's approach to the audit process to be quite wise – the post at HealthcareInfoSecurity quotes Leon Rodriguez, OCR head honcho as saying "Our first objective is not to go out there and start banging [organizations] with penalties; it's really to take a good look at them, find out where their opportunities for improvement are and help them improve… Having said that, I think we know that there are cases where we're going to find some significant vulnerabilities and weaknesses. And in those cases, we may be pursuing significant corrective action. And in some of those cases, we may be actually pursuing civil monetary penalties. But that's really not the primary goal of the audit program."
Which probably is some solace for the organizations that are currently being audited. Hopefully at the end of this exercise, OCR will have a good idea of where the major weaknesses are, where it wants organizations to be at, and help them get there.


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Remembering Jimmy Castor
According to his grandson's Twitter, funk legend Jimmy Castor died today at 2:30pm. Nile Rodgers, founder of Chic, breaks the news as well: "I can't stop crying. How do I explain how much his brilliant upbeat music touched my soul?"
There isn't any easy way to explain how much influence Jimmy Castor has had on music, tangible or otherwise. But it's important to frame Castor outside the novelty of "Bertha Butt Boogie." Castor put the fun in funk, and pioneered a dense, full-throttle style. Below, watch breakdance anthem "It's Just Begun," live in 1973.
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The overhaul of California's high-speed rail project could bring the Bay Area $1 billion to electrify Caltrain and lay the path for bullet train service between San Francisco and San Jose sooner than anticipated.
The Chronicle has learned that officials with Bay Area transportation agencies are in negotiations with each other, and with the California High-Speed Rail Authority, to craft an agreement that would fund an advanced train-control system, electrify the rails on the Peninsula and eliminate some of the rail crossings - perhaps as soon as 2016, five to 10 years earlier than previous estimates.
"There's a lot of work that needs to happen, and a lot of moving parts, but this is the closest we've been to seeing some real tangible benefit to Caltrain from the high-speed rail project," said Seamus Murphy, a Caltrain spokesman.
Proposition 1A, the $9.95 billion bond measure approved in 2008 that funded the high-speed rail project, would pay for the Caltrain improvements. But the Bay Area would have to match that money with a significant amount of local funds, perhaps as much as $1 billion. According to the plan, $600 million would come from bond money for high-speed rail service with an additional $400 million coming from bond funds dedicated to transit agencies providing connections to high-speed trains.
But there are still obstacles. In addition to finding matching funds and proposing a package of improvements that would benefit Caltrain and high-speed rail, the Bay Area needs to convince the rail authority board to include the proposal in its business plan, which is expected to be passed in March, then hope the Legislature will release the bond money and include it in the state budget.
Dan Richard, a former BART director and new chairman of the rail authority board, confirmed discussions with Caltrain and Bay Area officials, and said it's an attempt to speed the plan to use commuter rail lines to help provide initial high-speed rail service.
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As part of that shakeup, the authority released a new draft of its business plan that bluntly acknowledged it could take 13 years longer than expected to build a fast train line between San Francisco and Southern California, and said it could cost $98 billion, more than twice the original estimate.
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Sometimes, when researching a column or even a post, a view into a slice of life from the past will emerge. Today's 'slice of life' comes to us from late 19th-century Bath, Maine. As November wore on in 1895, skunking became popular in town. Being a card player, 'skunking' makes me think of cribbage – specifically, winning a cribbage game by more than 30 points (or by more than 60, which qualifies as a double-skunk). The men and boys of Bath, Maine, though, had a different activity in mind. Skunking, to them, meant gathering together poles and guns, and a couple of lanterns, and setting off to hunt down skunks of the black-with-white-striped variety. They soon discovered that guns left quite a mess; so, the preferred way to skunk was with, of course, a ten-foot pole. Besides ridding Bath, Maine of its native skunk population (skunks were viewed as pests), they could then sell the skins for $1 to $2.50, and even sell the oil. The skins, when dressed and dyed, were considered quite fashionable.
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"Mommy!!! BUG!!!" Thea screams at me as we walk around our deck. "Lookit mommy, bug," she runs to me grabs my hand and pulls me near. Behold; the lifelong learner.
Children are naturally curious; if you give them a box they are not allowed to open, they will beg and beg until they finally get to peek inside. If you tape a box on the floor of your classroom, they will continue to guess at its purpose even past the big reveal. Children do not need rules to be curious, or even strategies. They are born with this ability. Now as educators we may fine-tune these skills but schools cannot take credit for their natural curiosity.
So why is it so many schools have a vision statement that includes "creating lifelong learners?" Why this need to take credit for something they have not indeed created? Do schools really think that children are not learners when they first enter the hallowed hallways and they therefore need to be fixed? What an offensive statement to parents everywhere. Yet schools and the rigidity of some classrooms can often be the reason that the lifelong learner is stymied. Schools end up breaking the child's curiosity only to try to take credit for it being re-built.
I would like to see a school with a vision that declares they want to "maintain lifelong learners." I would like to see a vision in which children are recognized as the insatiably curious learners they truly are. We have to change our schools to allow time for curiosity and true exploration. We are not in the business of creating robots, and yet, that is the direction our government wants to push us. Bring back the curiosity, maintain the lifelong learner, and perhaps then our system wont seem so broken.


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On the back of these enjoyable times, we decided to eat at the Edinburgh Branch when we were staying through in the Capital after Christmas. After a quick tweet to the helpful staff in Glasgow, they contacted Edinburgh and booked a table on behalf of Gerry's Kitchen.
Or so we thought! After walking the length of George Street from our hotel to the restaurant, we were looking forward to relaxing over some wine and a tasty meal, however there was no booking in their diary. For some reason Edinburgh were not expecting us and more importantly, the restaurant was already very busy and I didn't fancy walking around the New Town trying to find somewhere else. The duty manager steered us to the bar whilst he looked into the situation, meanwhile I fired a quick tweet to Glasgow to let them know that the night wasn't starting well. I'm not sure what was happening behind the scenes but we ordered a bottle of white wine whilst we waited on the mix-up getting resolved. Things didn't get much better when the bartender presented me with two wine glasses that were just a degree or two below turning back into molten sand! We had only arrived five minutes ago and our night wasn't going to plan!
After receiving a tweet back from Glasgow to confirm that they had definitely booked a table for us, and a further ten minute wait, we were eventually seated and our waitress, Magda, left us to look through the menu. With the earlier derailment dealt with, maybe we were back on track for a great evening.
Earlier in the day we had enjoyed a very tasty and filling lunch at The Dogs, so we decided to share one of flat breads as a starter. Unfortunately, when Magda came back to take our order she informed us that they had sold out of flat breads. This is information that I feel should have been relayed to us when we were seated, as a result we had to look over the menu again before settling on Browns Bread Board instead. Shortly after, a selection of warm tasty bread arrived with a selection of flavoured butters. The menu doesn't say what the flavoured butters are, and with no input from our waitress, we managed to work out that we had unsalted butter, sundried tomato butter and anchovy butter. All of the breads were delicious, as we're the flavoured butters. I just wish that restaurants would stop serving unsalted butter as their default option! I know that other diners must look at me oddly when I start to salt my buttered bread, although I don't believe that it's just me?
Browns menu is a collection of good old fashioned dishes from steaks and burgers to pies and pasta dishes, but don't be fooled into thinking that this is simple pub grub, everything is classy with a capital C. Nicola opted for the crab & tiger prawn linguine tossed with lime, chilli and coriander pesto. This huge bowl of pasta was bursting with fresh flavour and crammed with flaky crab meat and prawns while the lime, coriander and chilli balanced the dish perfectly. As Nicola tucked into her pasta I looked on longingly, hoping that she would need a little help to clear her plate.In a strange twist, I also ordered a pasta dish. My own bowl of lobster tagliatelle was a sumptuous dish of flaked lobster, cream and white wine sauce, topped with a grilled half lobster tail. I had asked for a little chilli to be added to my dish to give it a little kick. I'm glad that I did because I think for my own taste, the sauce would have been a little one dimensional without the extra heat.
With our plates almost empty and the wine finished, we decided to round off our meal with a cheeky wee 'aftertail' instead of a coffee. The Hazelnut Martini that Nicola ordered was a potent blend of Frangelico, Tuaca, Finlandia Vodka & Noilly Pratt, a proper dry martini with I chose the Apple Strudel which was a comforting mix of Sailor Jerry spiced rum, apple schnapps, Tia Maria, apple juice and a spiced cream float. This liquid version of the Austrian pastry tasted fantastic and was a great way to round off a tasty dinner.
After a ropey start to our evening, the food and drink help turn thing around. I settled up our bill whilst Nicola made a visit to the little girls room (which was in need of a little clean, no paper in one of the cubicles and paper strewn all over the bathroom floor). Whilst she was away, the duty manager came by our table to apologise for the mix up from earlier in the evening. Apparently, the restaurant manager had made the booking arrangements with Glasgow and was supposed to be on duty to look after us but due to illness he had not been able to work the shift. Unfortunately, he hadn't had a chance to pass on instructions for our arrival. By way of apology, the duty manager insisted on refunding the cost of our wine, which I happily accepted and we put to good use on more cocktails next door at Tigerlily.
In summary, Browns demonstrated to us that they can serve up delicious food and drink, however on the night there were a few issues where service could have been so much better. It may have been an off night but I'm sure that we will be back to Browns Edinburgh in the future to give them a second chance.
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Graphic Design: Designers discuss How to calculate charges? Hourly or Flat Rate?
As a graphic designer or creative specialist, whether employed, or freelance, how do you charge for your services? There have been many articles, probably hundreds, and many books written about running a creative business. It all really boils down to how much it costs you to do business, how much you want to make, and how well your market supports your talent and price level. That's simple enough. Yet the question on the lips of many creatives is not necessarily how much to charge, but how to charge it. October 19, 2016


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A pair of pampered giant pandas arrived in Scotland on Sunday to a reception of cheering and flag-waving crowds while British officials said the 10-year loan of the bears by China strengthened ties between the two countries.
Tian Tian and Yang Guang -- whose names in English are Sweetie and Sunshine -- arrived at Edinburgh airport after flying in from Chengdu, Sichuan province, and were later greeted at Edinburgh zoo by around 450 people waving Chinese and Scottish flags.
"Scotland's relationship with China is hugely important and the pandas represent a fantastic opportunity to deepen our business, cultural and diplomatic ties," said Scotland's Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
Since the 1950s, China has given away pandas as gestures of goodwill in what has come to be known as "panda diplomacy".
Modern China gave its first pair of giant pandas to Britain in 1974.
British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said: "I know that a huge amount of work has gone into securing their loan and they will be a great showcase for UK-China links in science and research."
Afforded a reception worthy of a state visit, the bears' journey on a private plane was no less extravagant, with four crew members, two attendants, one veterinarian and a cargo handler among the retinue.
Ahead of the flight, veterinarian Tang Chunxiang said he was worried about the pandas' nerves and fear of flying.
"They might get air sick, they may get a bit dizzy on the plane," he said. "...if there is any problem, we have brought some simple medicine."
Visible through clear containers after being unloaded from the plane, the bears appeared nonplussed by the fanfair, one munching on food calmly as a photographer snapped away nearby.
The eight-year-old pair, raised at the Giant Panda Conservation and Research Centre in Ya'an, Sichuan, will become Britain's first pair of breeding pandas in 17 years.
Iain Valentine, director of conservation and research at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, was pleased that five years of negotiation with the Chinese authorities had finally paid off.
"This is the exciting bit, this is the bit I have been waiting for a very long time," he said.
Tian Tian and Yang Guang will not go on display at Edinburgh Zoo for at least a week, until they have settled into their new surrounds. They will remain there for 10 years, after which they, and any young they have, will be returned to China.
Edinburgh Zoo said that, as part of the loan deal, it would pay $1 million a year to China, 90 percent of which would pay for conservation and genetics research. The zoo will also have to find up to 70,000 pounds a year to provide around 18,000 kg (almost 20 tons) of bamboo shoots, most of which will come from a special nursery outside Amsterdam.
Considered a national treasure, the giant panda is seen as having come back from the brink of extinction, but remains under threat from logging, agriculture and rapid urbanization.
There are an estimated 1,600 living wild in China, almost all in Sichuan. Around 300 are in captivity around the world, the vast majority of them inside China.
Pandas are notoriously difficult to breed because females ovulate only once a year and can only become pregnant during a two- or three-day period.


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April 30, 2017 @ 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
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How do these grand redwoods grow to be so old? So tall? How are they important to humans? Join us for this fun and informative guided half-mile stroll through a magnificent old-growth redwood forest. Meet the famous Mother Tree, the Father of the Forest and the incredible Chimney Tree on this 90-minute walk. Stroller and wheelchair accessible.
Meet at Big Basin Park Headquarters, located 9 miles north of Boulder Creek on Highway 236.
Event is free; vehicle day-use fee is $10.
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Purchase, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State women's soccer team earned a 4-0 non-conference victory over Manhattanville on Saturday evening. The Rams improved to 2-2 on the year.
Sophomore forward Ashlee Thompson (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) gave the Rams a 1-0 lead only 10:45 into the game as both Katlyn Merino (Corona, N.Y.) and Ashley Appel (Bellmore, N.Y.) recorded assists. With 11:44 remaining in the first half, Thompson scored her second goal of the game on a penalty kick to put Farmingdale State on top 2-0.
Late in the second half, freshman midfielder Amanda Khare (Deer Park, N.Y.) scored off a cross in front by sophomore midfielder Melissa Lijo (Flushing, N.Y.) to increase the Rams advantage to three. Less than two minutes later, Lijo scored the games final goal en route to the 4-0 non-conference victory.
Sophomore goalkeeper Breanna Blair (Littleton Colo.) made one save in the win, while freshman Dolores Diemicke (North Massapequa, N.Y.) had 12 saves for Manhattanville.
Farmingdale State next will host Western Connecticut State on Wednesday, September 11th at 4:00 p.m.


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Episode 8 is called "This Game Respects Big Moves" if anybody is still watching Survivor this year
Eleven on Regular Island, two on Redemption Island.
Wow, Matt won yet again! I really thought that Stephanie would take this one. I was sad to see her go, she really wanted to be here. It sucks that someone with such a fire for the game had to leave. But I ain't complaining too much 'cos ultimately, I'm still rooting for Matt.I'm starting to get a little annoyed with Rob's alliance. Yes, Phillip can be extremely annoying. But I don't think there's a need to be so rude and arrogant to him by totally refusing him the rice. At least, that's the way I saw it. And for the millionth time I'm wondering... Does no one suspect anything about the HII clue at all? Even if they don't suspect that Rob has it... Surely they should be on the lookout for clues? I'm amazed how Rob's the one who sees it EVERY SINGLE time.I thought that Zapatera would vote David off in the end. But I'm glad they voted for Sarita. It could be a smarter move on their part as well. David has a high chance in beating Matt at Redemption Island. If he does so, he's gonna come back anyway and when that happens, he's definitely NOT gonna be on Zapatera's side. So by keeping him now, there's still a chance that he'll stick with them. And of course for my biased reason, Matt has a higher chance beating Sarita as compared to David... But I won't say that too soon.Matt is SO close to getting back in the game. Yet if he loses just one duel, goodbye to him. I really really want him back. And it's gonna be so frustrating if he just misses the merge by losing a duel. Ahhhhhh Matt!!!!!!!
I do admire Rob's game and I give him credit for it. But what I'm not so pleased about is how comfortable his alliance is. I haven't seen any bit of strategising from them yet! If I were them, I would be plotting like mad to get rid of Rob. But not under his nose of course.
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New member. I am using the lyrics cabability of ABC to produce a 'tablature' of sorts for a chord playing harmonica I am building. I am doing OK just using standard characters (numbers and '+', '-', '<' and '>'). I have been using the online converter at http://www.folkinfo.org/songs/abcconvert.php and experimenting with fonts. My goal is to be able to use arrows and possibly other special symbols.
I used "%%font Symbol" and "%%setfont-1 Symbol" just the same way as I would for Helvetica, but did not get symbols. Here are my questions:
Is this a limitaion of this particular online service?
Is there a better one?
Is there any place where I can find examples of symbol type fonts being used in ABC?
Do I need to download the fonts myself and run" abcm2ps" from the command line?
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Grilled shrimp is about as fine as it gets. The key is to grill shrimp over a low to medium heat either on your gas or charcoal grill. Overcook the shrimp and they will dry out quickly so it is important not to grill them to quickly. Below is a grilled shrimp recipe that my wife has made time and time again. It is a great appetizer to serve while people are waiting for you to slice up some BBQ or grill the main course.
Recipe by Elizabeth Karmel
Shrimp Dipping Sauce:
- ½ cup high quality extra-virgin olive oil
- Juice from one large lemon
- Zest from one half of a lemon
- 2 cloves minced fresh garlic
- 4 stems of fresh oregano
- Fresh ground pepper to taste
16 Jumbo shrimp in shell (Frozen black tiger shrimp will work too)
3 TBSP olive oil
Quarter Cup of Kosher salt
Shrimp Dipping Sauce:
- Whisk together the oil and lemon. Stir in the garlic.
- Take the leaves off the oregano stems and leave whole, add to oil mixture.
- Let sit for at least 20 to 30 minutes so the flavors can marry—or better yet, make up to 12 hours in advance.
- Set aside.
Grilling the Shrimp
- Devein the shrimp with a "shrimp deveiner" or, use a small sharp knife to make a ¼-inch deep slit down the backs of the shrimp and remove the vein but not the shells.
- Place the shrimp in a large bowl and toss with the olive oil to coat lightly all over.
- Just before putting on the grill, sprinkle the salt evenly over the shrimp and toss well to make sure each shrimp is thoroughly coated in a crust of salt.
- Place the shrimp in the center of the grill grate, 3 to 4 minutes per side or until the shrimp is pink and the flesh is opaque (white).
Serve immediately with dipping sauce on the side.
Serves 4
Serving Tip: This is a great party "ice breaker" appetizer. While the party is just getting started, toss the shrimp in the salt, grill them and place them on the platter. Have everyone take a shrimp, peel and dip it in the sauce for a fun. Alternatively, you can arrange 4 shrimp on each serving plate and accompany with a small ramekin of the dipping sauce but the girls think serving them hot off the grill is sooo much more fun!
Recipe is courtesy of Elizabeth Karmel. Elizabeth Karmel grew up in North Carolina where she was raised on BBQ. Karmel is frequently quoted and generally regarded as America's female grilling expert. Karmel created Girls at the Grill in 2001 to share her passion for outdoor cooking with girls (and any willing guy) everywhere. www.GirlsattheGrill.com is committed to providing backyard cooks (and women who are tired of burnt chicken and shoe-leather steak) with simple easy-to-understand instructions, lifestyle information and recipes for everything from classic cookouts to gourmet grill meals. Grill Friends is a line of kitchen and grilling tools that solve problems that real cooks have in the kitchen, around the grill and at the table.


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When I was a young kid, there must have been moments when I frustrated and made Mom mad. The funny thing is I don't ever remember any raised voice, any pain from a spanking or even having been sent to my room. I certainly was not a perfect child, so no doubt such guidance was required from time to time. I do remember there was one of those dime store paddles, the ones we bought as kids that had a ball attached with a rubber band. We had a lot of fun playing paddle ball, but when the rubber band finally broke, these toys of joy could suddenly turn against us. They became recycled into a formidable paddle board for use on our backsides...or at least that is what we thought. Our paddle was kept up on top of the refrigerator, out of reach, and served as a reminder of what at least could happen. Maybe Mom already knew that its mere presence would be enough, as I don't recall it ever hitting by rear end like I probably deserved. Usually, just the glint in her eyes and a few kind but clear words of guidance was sufficient. If that paddle ever did make contact, the pangs of pain were far too faint to be etched into memory. I guess what determines if a little spanking, or even just the thought of it, is a good thing is if it teaches a lesson in behavior and you don't remember anything bad about the punishment. I am still learning from my mom and the wisdom of her over nine decades on this earth and her love and lessons continue to guide me every day.
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Adobe Faces Antitrust Monopoly Class Action
Adobe Systems bought Macromedia to remove its competitor FreeHand from the professional graphic illustration market, and to force users to switch to Adobe's more expensive, and inferior, Illustrator software, graphic designers say in a federal antitrust class action.
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Google vs Apple; Is there room for both?
James Kwack writes about the face-off between Google and Apple for control of personal computing, in what at first sight is not germane to the usual subject matter of this blog, but bear with me--in the end, it is about competing monopolies based on different technologies and patents and copyrights link here. In the first of a two part blog series, he describes the evolution of the personal computing and in the second he picks up the appearance of cloud computing and its meaning for the competitive battle. The cloud is Google's realm and the personal computer and associated gadgets like the iPod, iPad, etc. are Apple's. Microsoft is the also-ran in this competition since it seems likely to become increasingly irrelevant to the long-run result.
The key to the Apple strategy is to make the Mac and its spun off gadgets as proprietary as possible, so that owners of the cool gadgets must buy the software which however cannot be used on other makers' hardware, producing a lock-in. Google on the other hand has made the operating system increasingly irrelevant on the PC since it has Windows substitutes in Android and Chrome. While its operating systems are open, its monopoly power derives from its dominance over advertising on the web which it can retain as long as it retains its premier standing in Search software.
On the basis of cost to consumers, it would seem preferable for Google to win this test, but not completely, with the Macs retaining some part of the market based on coolness but at higher prices. In the end, it does not seem quickly apparent that government intervention will provide any consumer benefit, since this industry has fundamental aspects of a natural monopoly, giving the two protagonists a hefty advantage over potential competitors. But each must retain its lead by continuing to innovate.
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NEW YORK — A broken-bat hit by the Boston Red Sox, a broken opportunity for Mariano Rivera and the Yankees.
Stephen Drew looped a tying single off the all-time saves leader with two outs in the ninth inning, then Shane Victorino lined a go-ahead single in the 10th that sent the Red Sox past the Yankees 9-8 in a Thursday night thriller.
"We just blew it," Rivera said.
Down to their last strike against Rivera, the Red Sox rallied in the opener of a four-game series loaded with playoff implications.
It felt like a playoff matchup, too, especially after the Yankees erased a 7-2 deficit with six runs in the seventh. There were plenty of pitching changes and pinch-hitters and a key pinch-runner, plus an outburst — Joba Chamberlain (2-1) was ejected by first base umpire Joe West, who ruled Victorino checked his swing right before the big hit.
"It's frustrating because, you know what, I thought he went. But you have to be able to overcome things," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
The Red Sox own the best record in the AL, and won for the 10th time in 12 games. The Yankees had their three-game winning stopped in a loss that dented their push for a wild-card spot.
This was the start of an 11-day stretch in which the longtime rivals will face each other seven times.
Rivera entered with an 8-7 lead and got two quick outs. But Mike Napoli singled on a full count and pinch-runner Quintin Berry stole second, continuing to third when catcher Austin Romine's errant throw bounced away.
Drew singled over second baseman Robinson Cano and handed Rivera his sixth blown save in 47 tries, a day after the closer was needed for four outs.
"I was fine," Rivera said. "A broken bat over Cano's head. I mean, you cannot do nothing with that. Part of the game. We got the opportunity. We just can't get it done."
"Again, part of the game. Sometimes they hit the ball hard and it's right at someone. Sometimes, it's a broken bat that falls where you don't need it to. But yeah, it was tough one," he said.
Jacoby Ellsbury singled with one out in the 10th off Chamberlain and stole second. Victorino held up on a half-swing, West ruled, and then lined a single that sent Ellsbury scooting home. Right fielder Ichiro Suzuki made a strong throw, but Romine couldn't handle it.
"We battled back. We did everything we needed to do to get it. Obviously, we've got to come out tomorrow with three games left and continue from pitch one to get out there," Chamberlain said.
As for what he told West? "Enough to get me ejected," he said.
Craig Breslow (5-2) wound up with the win. He helped himself by picking off Alfonso Soriano at second base with one out in the ninth.
"You can't get thrown out," Girardi said.
Koji Uehara earned his 18th save, extending his scoreless streak to 26 innings over 23 games.
Lyle Overbay's two-out, two-run single capped a six-run rally in the seventh that put the Yankees ahead 8-7. Down 7-2, New York broke loose against starter Jake Peavy and relievers Matt Thornton and Junichi Tazawa.
The Yankees also stole a season-high six bases.
New York has been charging hard ever since Boston's Ryan Dempster drilled Alex Rodriguez with a pitch in mid-August. This was the first game since that dustup at Fenway Park.
A day after a 20-4 romp over Detroit in which it tied a team mark with eight home runs, the highest-scoring club in the majors kept up the homer barrage behind Will Middlebrooks and Victorino.
Peavy left with two on and none out, and Brett Gardner hit an RBI single off Thornton to get the Yankees to 7-3. Cano, who drove in three runs, grounded into a bases-loaded forceout that made it 7-4.
Soriano met Tazawa with an RBI single and Curtis Granderson doubled home a run as New York pulled to 7-6. After Alex Rodriguez struck out, Overbay singled cleanly to right field.
Middlebrooks hit a solo homer into the second deck off Ivan Nova for a 3-2 lead in the fourth. Victorino greeted Preston Claiborne with a leadoff homer that began a three-run fifth for a 6-2 lead.
Yanks' rally goes for naught
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Hunter's Horse Funeral
I wonder if this isn't the reason I woke up hoping it wasn't November 15th yet. Sweet boy-dog Hunter has just breathed his last gasp in front of me.
I'd been puttering around with work. Suddenly I felt tremendously tired. I gave into it and went out to lie in the sunshine on the outdoor bedstuffs. As soon as I settled enough to begin a dreamy nap, the idea came to mind: go put some honey on Hunter's tongue.
This morning he'd wandered off to the other side of the fence and lay down. He'd been feeling poorly the last few days; he'd even barfed up his favorite meal, roast chicken. I'd been taking him on a ride to get chicken as a special treat. He'd been gaining weight. But he'd lost it all in the last few days, harfing up his usual dog food and the canned stuff that fills both dogs with flashing lights of enthusiasm.
By 11-ish I checked on him still lying under the tree by the fence; he'd pooped himself a little bit. That's fine, I thought, let him rest, nothing much of a mess; animals don't eat when they're ill, and they'll wander off alone to live or die.
A little while later he staggered back around the fence, where I found him very wearily trying to wipe his poopy butt against a fencepost. He could hardly stand on his feet. Oh dear, he'd felt a little better and tried to "come home," but couldn't quite make it. I got some warm water and suds and washed his dirty behind, like a big mother dog licking; he liked it.
I picked him up and carried him over to his outdoor dog-bed under the juniper bush in front of the casita. He grumbled a little as I held him like a big puppy, but realized I meant well and gruntled instead. I set him down on his bed, head in the bush-shade where his lifelong partner, a Great Pyrenees named Chase, was snoozing. I tucked the blanket around him that we kept on the house bed for him to get dirty while snoozing with the cats. He rested, breathing easily, no gasping, obviously enjoying the warm sunshine under his Special Blanket.
I looked out on him through the front window from time to time. Breath regular, comfortable. Around noon I treated the horses to carrots and did other little chores, keeping an eye on him. He'd raise his head now and then, as to get up and investigate, but I'd pet his head and tuck him back in the blanket: No "feeling better" now, buddy, you need to keep resting.
Then back to my computer; again came that unusual weariness, my attempt to nap and again the voiceless thought about putting honey on his tongue.
I got up and went into the casita to get the honey jar, whatever the reason for it. As I reached for it, through the kitchen window I saw him opening his mouth. Uh oh. That's a death-gape, like dying birds do. It looks like the silent cry of an infant. It's a calling out for the relief of death. If I remember my egyptology, they believed the soul left through the mouth.
I stepped outside just as he'd attempted one more harf. I reclined next to him again, cooing, then put the honey on his tongue. It went limp. It seemed he died the instant I put the honey on it. I reclined there with my dog-buddy to see if he hadn't just gone into a deeper sleep (as I'd cooed to him earlier). I didn't want him to die.
But he did. My cooing wasn't heard any more. I got up knowing how much I'll miss that dog. It was 12:34 when I put the honey back on the kitchen shelf. He'd probably sighed out his dog-soul at 12:30 p.m.
I've laid quite a few pets and critters to rest by now, but this is the first time I've ever felt sad enough to weep about it; I did, looking around the place, knowing we won't be needing this dog-dish, that blanket, the little treats he'd buried here and there over the months, no snoozing together, no dirt on the bed, no hay tracked in on muddy paws and fur, no barf on the floor, no "emergency" barking in the middle of the night, no nipping at the horses as they'd wake us on our outside bed with snuffling noses, no chasing at their heels, no kitties loving him up, no diplomatic "cleaning up" around their catfood dishes knowing that eating out of them was forbidden, no nestling on the barn floor at horse feeding time, no expectant nose aimed eagerly at my dinner, no drinking out of the horses' water buckets, no rides into town all alert and important, no getting to know each other better and better... not even that unmoving tail, which had wagged but a little since we moved here last March. It meant he'd been in pain a long time.
...and he's left all his lifelong partners behind, the horses, kitties, coyote-harrying partner Chase; that sweet, slightly hapless one-eyed Queensland mutt made the most shortlived friendship with an animal I've yet had, and was now the saddest. He just didn't want to live with us any more. He's left a big lonely space even where all the inconveniences of a sick dog had been... they were sweeter than not having him here.
I've just checked to see if there's any sign of returning life, but his body has already grown cold, muscles turning stiff so soon, even in the sunshine, still under the warm blanket. Chase, "Big Fuzzy Dog", named that way after her sister was killed by a cougar, had been sitting watching the both of us as he died so promptly. She has moved away from his body, around the corner into the horse shed to snooze some more.
This too made me cry. The animals are taking it better than I am.
I scouted around for a place to bury Hunter. Must be near enough so Chase will keep the coyotes away from his grave -- and where things will grow from his remains, as with my beloved dog-of-my-life, my old collie Jolie, whose burial place grew peonies. .
Three-ish. p.m. I decided it was better to put Hunter's body in the barn than leave him under his juniper bush snooze-place. I got the barrow and picked his body up in the blanket and took him into the barn to lay on a pallet for a little wake for Catt and me, when she gets home.
Curiously, our handsome thoroughbred Clay and the two mares, Naughty and Midnight, nosed their way cautiously through the sliding barn door. I expected they hoped for a little hay, as they like to hang around there and nibble what falls off the hay delivery truck when it comes, so I forked out a little loose hay from the barn floor for them. They weren't interested. They were looking at Hunter's body in the barrow.
You want to see our dog? Yes? I pushed the barrow out so Clay could sniff Hunter's body wrapped in his favorite blanket. Naughty and Midnight also gathered around. It was an animal wake. They surrounded the dog they grew up with. Harley the Quarterhorse and Big Sammy also circled the party of three, but kept their distance, not wanting a warning nip from Clay or the girls.
Solar, our dapple-white racehorse, was grazing in the upper corral. Well, why not... I wheeled the barrow up there. The others followed behind me. Solar sniffed at the open blanket carefully, then sniffed Hunter, then gave his whole body a tender grooming. He cleaned off Hunter's dirty nose, then his eyes, then licked his fur into place from end to end as Sam and Harley stood close by, watching. The three others watched from a little further away, heads all leaned forward to watch their herdmate give their dog his final respects. That horse sniffed and licked and tendered that dog from head to tail to feet like an animal funeral director.
I left Solar to his tender ceremony and stepped over to Harley, who was now circling anxiously, wanting to get close to his old dog buddy in the barrow. A long time ago, while playing with him, Harley had rolled over and accidentally caught Hunter's left eye with a hoof, leaving him blind in one eye. No hard feelings. And now for god's sakes, Harley has shed a tear! It dropped out of his eye; both eyes welled full up.
Solar took his time finishing his dog-tendering, then let Harley pay his respects. Harley sniffed the dog's body, maybe satisfied that it had been licked enough. As I wheeled Hunter's body out of that corral back toward the barn, all six horses gathered around the barrow and followed me. They loved that dog as much as we did.
Catt returned from her trip, did her crying too, and the following morning, having left him in the barn in small hopes he might revive, I buried Hunter's body in the arroyo some yards from their stall.
It was one of the most remarkable events I've ever witnessed, and I even stood at the end of a rainbow a couple of springtimes back...


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